Hat



Sept. 13, 1938. G. M. TRUMBULL HAT Filed March 17, 1957 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 13, 1938 UNITED SAYSv PATNT 3 Claims.

This invention relates to mens hats, and particularly to what are generally known in the trade as sweat bands for such hats.

Mens hats are usually provided with a band around the inside bottom rim. This band is of leather or some similar material and comes in contact with the forehead, temples and upper part of the head of the wearer. The purposes of this band are to make a softer contact with the skin and flesh of the wearer than would the straw or felt of the body of the hat, to make the hat cling to the head, and to absorb the sweat perspiration, dirt, oil, or whatever there may be around the part of the head with which the band comes in contact.

As usually made, these bands do not allow the circulation of air and press against the arteries in the head. The lack of circulation of air and this pressure, it is believed, cause the hair to be unhealthy and may help to produce baldness. There are tropical hats which include a band which rests on the head and carry a support for an umbrella shaped device, and there are hats in which between the band and the hat itself there is a space through which the air can circulate, but these do not relieve the pressure of the band on the head.

Devices with wide pads might dam or close an artery and thus keep nourishment from the head and hair, but my device is so made that the flow of blood is not stopped nor retarded.

The purposes of this invention are not only to allow the air to circulate but to distribute the pressure or constriction of the bottom inside rim of the hat and the hatband over a large number of vertical lines so that the circulation of the blood through the arteries around the forehead and temples and back of the head will not be checked. It consists substantially of a plurality of vertical elongated'narrow projections, preferably parallel, which project in from the inside near the bottom edge of a band and extend upward vertically or at right angles to such bottom edge.

In its preferred construction, these projections are resilient tubes attached to the band by staples in such a way that one or more can be removed to relieve the pressure upon any particular artery against which it might press.

For convenient reference in this specification, I will call the top, that part of the hat which is at the top when on the head, and the bottom, that part which is at the bottom where the brim is usually located. I will call the outside, the face of the hat or of the band which is toward the outside of the hat and the inside, the face which is on the inside of the hat.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a section along a vertical plane of a straw hat equipped with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the hat shown in. Fig. 1 from the bottom.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic plan view of a hat on the head of the wearer, the crown of the hat being broken away to expose the interior.

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 2 of a modification.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 3 of a modification.

Fig. '7 is an elevation of part of a paper band carrying tubes which are to be attached to the permanent band of the hat.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a band, such as shown in Fig. 7, while it is being attached to a permanent band.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section showing another way of fastening the parts together.

In the drawing, I-I represents a hat with a crown or top 50, bottom inside edge l5l, rim 5| and brim 52. B represents a band, similar to a sweat band, of any suitable and customary material. such as leather. 2 represents the top edge and I represents the bottom edge of the band which in the usual manner is closely attached by stitching C to the bottom inside edge l5| of the hat.

Such bands are preferably of less circumference at the top than at the bottom and therefore taper somewhat up and in.

T, T represent tubes of rubber or other resilient material which are preferably bevelled off at l2 and l l at each end, and which, as shown, are attached to band B by staples S, made of wire, which pass through the hole It in each tube T. The bottom leg 3 and the top leg t of each staple S are pushed through holes 13 and It in band B and are then bent towards each other, as shown in Fig. 2, to hold each tube T in position.

In Fig. 4, A represents the head of a wearer, 58

goes through a hole I! and is bent in the same manner as leg 4.

In Fig. 6, is shown a band E' to which are fastened by glue or cement F, a plurality of parallel, elongated, narrow projections P which are preferably of rubber or other resilient material, shown as of triangular shape in cross section.

For convenience in attaching tubes or other projections, I may attach tubes such as T in the correct position on a paper band. K by means of glue or cement 40, preferably perforating the paper at M and 42 on each side so that the whole device can be sold as a unit.

There is a staple G which passes through each tube and has its bottom leg l5 bent back and up and its top leg l4 bent back so that the hat shop dealer can hook the bottom legs I5, l5 under the bottom edge 2| of a band L, which is already in the hat, and can then punch holes such as l6 through which the top leg [4 of each staple can be passed, that leg then being bent down as shown in Fig. 5 and in dotted lines in Fig. 8.

As shown in Fig. 9, a tube T may be attached by a staple N having sharp ends BI and 62 which slope out and towards each other by bending band M, as shown by the dotted line, pushing BI and then 62 through it and then flattening band M out, as shown by the full lines.

I claim:

1. The combination with a hat having a bottom inside rim; of a band attached closely along its bottom edge to the hat rim said band tapering up and in and being provided on its inside with a plurality of parallel, resilient tubes each of which extends down at right angles to and proximate the bottom edge of the band, each tube being detachably fastened to the band by a single wire staple which extends through the tube and is bent from the inside around and along the outside of the band.

2. A hat band provided on its inside with a plurality of parallel, resilient tubes each of which extends down at right angles to and proximate the bottom edge of the band, each tube being detachably fastened to the band by a single wire staple which extends through the tube and is bent from the inside around and along the outside of the band. i

3. A ventilating band for hats which tapers up and in and has attached to it on the inside a plurality of parallel resilient tubes, each of which extends at right angles to and proximate the bottom edge of the band, each tube being detachably fastened to the band by a single wire which extends through the tube and has its top and bottom ends bent from the inside around and along the outside of the band, the bottom end being bent around and outside of the bottom edge of the w band, whereby each tube can be removed from the band by bending back the bottom end of the wire.

GEORGE M. TRUMBULL. 

